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Provides information about the New Criminal Laws. 

/social-welfare/important-documents-for-indian-citizens

This section provides information about the important documents for Indian citizens. 

This section covers topics like right to food, housing, employment etc 

/social-welfare/social-justice-and-empowerment

This folder serves as a comprehensive overview of the Department of Social Justice & Empowerment’s mandate and its impact on India’s most vulnerable populations. It outlines the strategic framework used to provide social, educational, and economic support to ten key marginalized groups.

This section covers laws, acts, policies, schemes, institutions and other aspects related to Minority welfare.

This section covers the Information related to Disaster Management, NDMA institutions and policies and Acts

/social-welfare/rural-poverty-alleviation-1

This section covers laws, schemes, policies, acts and institutions related to rural poverty alleviation.  

The topic briefs about various schemes, institutions and policies and acts related to welfare of Scheduled Tribes.

This section covers about laws, schemes, policies, acts and institutions related to senior citizens welfare.

The section covers Welfare measures, schemes, Policies, Acts and other aspects related to unorganised sector.

This section highlights experiences of communities in solving social issues. 

/social-welfare/financial-inclusion/financial-inclusion-in-india

This topic covers variuos aspects related to Financial Inclusion in India 

/social-welfare/financial-inclusion/handbook-of-statistics-on-indian-states

Reserve Bank of India releases the statistical publication titled “Handbook of Statistics on Indian States

/social-welfare/financial-inclusion/nabard-survey-on-rural-financial-inclusion-financial-inclusion-1

Provides information about the NABARD Survey on Rural Financial Inclusion

/social-welfare/financial-inclusion/financial-inclusion-index

Tthe Reserve Bank of India has constructed a composite Financial Inclusion Index (FI-Index) to capture the extent of financial inclusion across the country.

/social-welfare/financial-inclusion/national-strategy-for-financial-inclusion

This topic provides information about National Strategy for Financial Inclusion.

/social-welfare/financial-inclusion/be-aware-and-beware-

This topic provides information about how to be aware and Beware.

/social-welfare/financial-inclusion/pradhan-mantri-mudra-yojana

This topic provides information about Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY).

/social-welfare/financial-inclusion/udgam-portal

Provides information about UDGAM (Unclaimed Deposits – Gateway to Access inforMation), a portal developed by RBI for use by members of the public to facilitate and make it easier for them to search their unclaimed deposits across multiple banks in one place.

/social-welfare/financial-inclusion/income-tax-day

Income Tax Day (Aaykar Diwas) 
is celebrated every year on 24th July.

/social-welfare/financial-inclusion/rbi-initiatives-for-consumer-protection

Provides information about RBI Initiatives for Consumer Protection

/social-welfare/financial-inclusion/economic-survey-2025-26

Provides highlights of Economic Survey 2025-26

/social-welfare/financial-inclusion/economic-survey-2022-23

This topic provides information about the Economic Survey 2022-23.

/social-welfare/financial-inclusion/world-thrift-day

Provides information about World Thrift Day, celebrated every year on 31st October worldwide to promote savings and financial security of individual and nation as a whole.

/social-welfare/financial-inclusion/know-your-customer-guidelines

This page contains FAQs related to Know Your Customer Guidelines. 

/social-welfare/financial-inclusion/financial-literacy

This topic covers variuos aspects related to Financial Literacy and Fund Management

/social-welfare/financial-inclusion/faqs-on-rtgs

It provides the information about the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS).

/social-welfare/financial-inclusion/pradhan-mantri-jan-dhan-yojana

This topic provides information about Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (National mission on financial inclusion)

/social-welfare/financial-inclusion/faqs-on-gst-1

This section provides information about FAQS on Goods and Services Tax.

/social-welfare/financial-inclusion/know-about-indian-currency

This topic contains the Information related to Indian Currency

/social-welfare/financial-inclusion/ncfe-e-learning-management-system

Provides information about the e-learning course launched by National Centre for Financial Education (NCFE) on basic financial education covering topics from Banking, Securities Markets, Insurance and Pension products.

/social-welfare/financial-inclusion/swarnabharath

This topic provides information about the gold schemes launched by the government.

This section covers aspects related to basics of finance, investments, savings, insurance and loans. 

Provides information related to Youth in India

This section provides information about Human rights. 

/social-welfare/urban-poverty-alleviation-1

This section covers laws, policies, acts, schemes and institutions related to urban poverty alleviation.

/social-welfare/scheduled-caste-welfare-1

This topic covers various aspects related Scheduled Caste welfare Schemes, Programmes and Institutions etc

This section covers policies, funding opportunities and best practices related to NGO sector.

/social-welfare/social-security-and-insurance

Social security and insurance provide vital protection against financial risks like old age, disability, and sickness. These systems, often mandatory, include government-backed schemes, employer contributions, and private insurance to ensure income security. Key schemes include life insurance (PMJJBY), accidental cover (PMSBY), and pension plans (APY), primarily covering formal workers but expanding to the unorganized sector.

This section provides information about Entrepreneurship and associated government schemes, start-ups, best practices, etc

This section covers information about Fight against social evils, under various topics like child marriage, dowry problem etc.

This section provides information about the Direct benefit transfer in various government schemes.

/social-welfare/differently-abled-welfare

This section covers laws, schemes, policies, acts, institutions and other aspects related to differently-abled welfare.

This section covers about skill development programmes, policies and schemes. 

/social-welfare/women-and-child-development

This section covers various policies, organisations and other legal aspects related to women and child development.

The Reserve Bank of India releases the statistical publication titled "Handbook of Statistics on Indian States" on an annual basis since 2016. Through this publication, the Reserve Bank has been disseminating wide-ranging data on the regional economies of India.
<h3>Handbook of Statistics on Indian States, 2024-25</h3>
The Reserve Bank of India released the ninth edition of its statistical publication titled "Handbook of Statistics on Indian States, 2024-25".&nbsp;
Besides containing updates of the existing data series, the edition provides additional sections amidst heightened global uncertainty and renewed trade tensions. The new section on the External Sector and 11 state-wise new tables viz.,
<ul>
<li>Domestic Tourist Visits (under Social and Demographic Indicators section)</li>
<li>Net State Value Added (Current Prices) (under State Domestic Product section)</li>
<li>Net State Value Added (Constant Prices) (under State Domestic Product section)</li>
<li>Status of Ground Water Extraction in India (under Environment section)</li>
<li>Revenue Expenditure (under Fiscal section)</li>
<li>Capital Receipts (under Fiscal section)</li>
<li>Market Borrowings of State Governments (under Fiscal section)</li>
<li>Gender-wise Subscribers of National Pension System (NPS) - All Citizen (under Fiscal section)</li>
<li>Gender-wise Enrolments under Atal Pension Yojana (APY) (under Fiscal section)</li>
<li>Exports (under External section); and</li>
<li>Foreign Tourist Visits (under External section)</li>
</ul>
The electronic form of the Handbook can be accessed on <a title="External website that opens in new window" href="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualPublications.aspx?head=Handbook+of+Statistics+on+Indian+States" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.rbi.org.in</a>.
<h3>Handbook of Statistics on Indian States, 2023-24</h3>
The Reserve Bank of India released the eighth edition of its statistical publication titled "Handbook of Statistics on Indian States, 2023-24".&nbsp;
Scope of the report
The report provides sub-national statistics on socio-demographics, health, state domestic product, agriculture, environment, price and wages, industry, infrastructure, banking and fiscal indicators across Indian states over various time periods ranging from 1951 to 2024.
The ninth edition of the Handbook expands the coverage to incorporate eight new State-wise tables.
<ol>
<li>Gender Parity Index of Gross Enrolment Ratio by Level of School Education (under Social and Demographic Indicators section)</li>
<li>Gross State Value Added (Current Prices) (under State Domestic Product section)</li>
<li>Gross State Value Added (Constant Prices) (under State Domestic Product section)</li>
<li>Afforestation under different schemes (under Environment section)</li>
<li>Average number of cold wave days (under Environment section)</li>
<li>Average number of heat wave days (under Environment section)</li>
<li>Actual Power Supply Position in terms of Peak Demand vis-&agrave;-vis Peak Met (under Infrastructure section); and</li>
<li>Number of schools by management and availability of functional computer facility (under Infrastructure section).</li>
</ol>
How to get the report
The electronic form of the Handbook can be accessed on <a title="External website that opens in new window" href="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualPublications.aspx?head=Handbook+of+Statistics+on+Indian+States" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.rbi.org.in</a>.
Source : <a title="External website that opens in new window" href="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/publications.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RBI</a>